Skinny Wine Spritzers are the perfect lazy way to enjoy a cold refreshing cocktail this summer!
Hello, friends! I’m popping in today with this month’s Recipe ReDux!
Cocktails and Mocktails for May Celebrations
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My intent was to make you guys a sangria recipe a la my mother. She always talks about the sangria at this restaurant she used to work at and swears that the KEY ingredient was bananas. Weird right? I thought so.
She recounted the recipe to me, and I wrote it all down, then I laughed to myself BAHAHAHAHAHA YA RIGHT! There were like 15 ingredients in it. I’m still laughing, can you hear me? That is so not my style, especially when it comes to alcohol.
I mean there were like 15 types of juice, which we don’t typically drink in my house anyway. (We’d rather save our sugar calories for the good stuff like ice cream and chocolate and alcohol.) Instead, I decided to bring you a recipe I make all summer long. It’s not really a recipe, but here it goes.
I took one bag of TJ’s frozen tropical medley and dumped it into a pitcher with a bottle of red wine. What kind of red wine? I don’t know, RED. Sorry, despite my summer in Europe and many trips to wineries I know I like red and don’t like white, that’s all I got for you. So I covered that with saran wrap and let it soak overnight. RED WINE SOAKED FRUIT IS THE BEST!
I added more frozen fruit when I pulled it out of the fridge and then filled each glass with 1/2 wine and 1/2 passionfruit La Croix (sparkling water). I would have drunk it like that except while photographing this outside by the pool the flies attacked it. I found several floating in that big pitcher in the back.
Sadly, it had to be dumped, but I’ll have plenty more this summer. I don’t know if you call this a recipe, more of a how-to, but I enjoy it, so hopefully, you do too! If you are looking for something fancier check out the other more redux’s recipes, I bet they came up with stuff way more bartender/mad scientist like than me.
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Skinny Wine Spritzer
Easy Wine Spritzer
Ingredients
- 1 bottle red wine
- 2 cups frozen tropical fruit
- passionfruit La Croix
- garnish extra frozen fruit
Instructions
- Add frozen fruit to red wine in a large pitcher and refrigerate overnight.
- For each drink poor 1/2 wine and 1/2 La Croix.
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Beautiful summer drink. I love the light, fruity drinks for this time of year. The tropical fruit flavors are perfect.
thanks Amanda!
This sounds like a great wine spritzer. I have all of the ingredients on hand, actually!
That’s what makes it so great!
Love the use of la croix!!! this looks delicious. Totally making this next time I picnic!
Picnic!!!! That’s the best!
This looks like my kinda of drink, easy, and usually have the ingredients on hand. Hope you had a nice weekend!
Yep! Thank you Emily I hope you did as well!
Fruit tasting drinks are my favorite! I love how simple this is to make, it would be perfect for a relaxing afternoon with a book.
Exactly!
Super easy and so refreshing. A good sangria is always a welcome drink in any party. Nice touch using La Croix and tropical fruit =)
Right? Sangria is for summer!
One beautiful looking drink! Sad you had to dump the drink , because of the flies ! Gorgeous color and a perfect party drink!
I know I was rather disappointed, good thing it’s easy to make more!
Bananas?? How would that sangria even taste and look? Haha! Yours looks so lovely and refreshing and easy!
My thoughts exactly lol
La croix can do no wrong in my opinion. Seriously, that stuff is magic!
I love La Croix! This is a great idea with Memorial Day weekend coming up!
While I would love to taste your mom’s recipe, I am far more likely to make your recipe! It looks super quick, pretty, and tasty!
ha ha right?
I love this..! Its so hot here now .. I could drink a whole pitcher of this myself. So refreshing and perfect. Can’t wait to make this soon.
It’s hot here too! If flies hadn’t gotten into the pitcher while photographing I would have downed it myself!
Loving everything tropical right now because it makes me feel like I’m at the beach, soaking up the sun! This looks like such a delicious and perfectly refreshing drink for summer. Yum!
Right???
This would make such a fun summer drink!! I love wine spritzer and the passionfruit one’s are my favorite. We are going crazy over La Croix flavors and would definitely try this version soon.
Passionfruit is so good!
Now’s the season for lighter drinks. Your spritzer really looks great and so refreshing. I really like the addition of the fruit.
that’s my favorite part the fruit!
You can never have enough fruits on anything so the more fruit in a drink the better in my opinion! I can imagine this to be such a hit at any party!
I think so too!
Absolutely perfect for a hot summer day .. lovely recipe to share this summer .. the spritzer is fun and the flavors are so refreshing
Thanks heather!
Loving this and the passion fruit. My baby shower is coming up and I’m looking for all summer drinks (even though I can’t drink any of it lol) Sending this to my sister…
this will definitely make for an easy fun drink!
I don’t drink alcohol but all the fruit and the passionfruit la croix sound absolutely delightful and summery!
This would go well with the crab legs. I a on the hunt for king crab legs (who knew tey are hard t find in my area). We need a dessert recipe then it is time to feast and not gain weight!